Mental health is a huge topic that has consistently been overlooked despite how widespread and non-discriminatory the issue of mental health disorders is. Mental illnesses affects millions of individuals with diverse backgrounds but the world has largely failed to treat mental health disorders as seriously as physical illnesses. Unfortunately, there is also a lack of treatment and information for many mental health disorders in a multitude of countries. The data set we are analyzing concerns statistics about the health facilities with mental health resources within the United States only. We are interested in seeing the different amounts of mental health resources being offered across the country as well as what sort of services these health facilities provide and how inclusive they are in treating mental health disorders across the spectrum.
Out of all health facilities across the United States, 10568 of those facilities offer mental health services and resources. All of these facilities that had mental health services conducted diagnostic tests for a range of mental illnesses. Of these, 63.35% took the time and effort to do followup checkups on patients that were diagnosed from the tests – whether that was to set up a followup appointment or link those individuals to other professional mental health resources. It was also very interesting seeing what facilities took into account people with sensory impairments. Approximately 61.4% of the facilities offering mental health facilities implement the use of sign language to better treat individuals with hearing disabilities. The state with the most resources was CA which isn’t surprising as California has the largest population among the American states. In Washington state, 327 health facilities provided mental health services.
A summary table was created to parse the most relevant information related to mental health treatments from all the mental health facilities across the United States. It clearly includes and sorts the most important information from the entire data set. The table is sorted in alphabetical order of the 50 states and US territories so viewers can easily find information and statistics on the mental health facilities and resources provided by a particular state or US territory.
| X | State | Offer_diagnostic_evaluations | NO_identified_mental_health_treatment_approaches | Provides_sign_language | Provides_languages_other_than_English | Regularly_scheduled_quality_reviews | Regularly_followup_after_discharge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AK | 82 | 0 | 38 | 49 | 66 | 57 |
| 2 | AL | 150 | 0 | 128 | 131 | 120 | 119 |
| 3 | AR | 220 | 1 | 146 | 166 | 177 | 157 |
| 4 | AZ | 293 | 1 | 256 | 322 | 237 | 185 |
| 5 | CA | 788 | 3 | 439 | 747 | 636 | 404 |
| 6 | CO | 167 | 1 | 95 | 146 | 128 | 81 |
| 7 | CT | 209 | 2 | 79 | 147 | 157 | 112 |
| 8 | DC | 35 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 21 | 14 |
| 9 | DE | 33 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 23 |
| 10 | FL | 438 | 6 | 342 | 376 | 340 | 316 |
| 11 | GA | 203 | 0 | 137 | 165 | 158 | 161 |
| 12 | HI | 38 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 24 | 23 |
| 13 | IA | 125 | 1 | 68 | 79 | 92 | 74 |
| 14 | ID | 125 | 0 | 41 | 64 | 75 | 82 |
| 15 | IL | 315 | 1 | 195 | 240 | 253 | 194 |
| 16 | IN | 246 | 1 | 209 | 215 | 187 | 179 |
| 17 | KS | 106 | 0 | 63 | 86 | 91 | 55 |
| 18 | KY | 208 | 0 | 159 | 152 | 180 | 117 |
| 19 | LA | 171 | 0 | 98 | 108 | 119 | 111 |
| 20 | MA | 285 | 0 | 140 | 211 | 213 | 157 |
| 21 | MD | 198 | 6 | 86 | 129 | 154 | 144 |
| 22 | ME | 131 | 5 | 97 | 86 | 135 | 105 |
| 23 | MI | 341 | 0 | 237 | 254 | 285 | 220 |
| 24 | MN | 226 | 0 | 135 | 142 | 168 | 134 |
| 25 | MO | 197 | 0 | 152 | 139 | 153 | 118 |
| 26 | MS | 141 | 0 | 99 | 90 | 138 | 122 |
| 27 | MT | 77 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 50 | 52 |
| 28 | NC | 212 | 2 | 109 | 151 | 214 | 200 |
| 29 | ND | 32 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 22 |
| 30 | NE | 117 | 9 | 72 | 100 | 112 | 100 |
| 31 | NH | 48 | 1 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 21 |
| 32 | NJ | 281 | 1 | 110 | 217 | 194 | 166 |
| 33 | NM | 62 | 0 | 37 | 55 | 42 | 40 |
| 34 | NV | 46 | 0 | 24 | 38 | 30 | 26 |
| 35 | NY | 774 | 6 | 400 | 665 | 629 | 498 |
| 36 | OH | 532 | 1 | 354 | 356 | 461 | 384 |
| 37 | OK | 139 | 0 | 86 | 104 | 115 | 121 |
| 38 | OR | 149 | 1 | 75 | 116 | 105 | 60 |
| 39 | PA | 520 | 4 | 264 | 320 | 340 | 316 |
| 40 | PR | 67 | 0 | 40 | 71 | 51 | 48 |
| 41 | RI | 45 | 0 | 29 | 40 | 31 | 31 |
| 42 | SC | 99 | 0 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 |
| 43 | SD | 47 | 0 | 36 | 35 | 42 | 25 |
| 44 | TN | 241 | 7 | 177 | 192 | 192 | 169 |
| 45 | TX | 307 | 0 | 215 | 271 | 242 | 209 |
| 46 | UT | 145 | 2 | 86 | 101 | 101 | 89 |
| 47 | VA | 222 | 5 | 151 | 166 | 143 | 119 |
| 48 | VT | 59 | 0 | 46 | 42 | 40 | 42 |
| 49 | WA | 327 | 0 | 239 | 286 | 214 | 132 |
| 50 | WI | 387 | 1 | 200 | 231 | 174 | 189 |
| 51 | WV | 111 | 0 | 57 | 42 | 80 | 53 |
| 52 | WY | 46 | 0 | 16 | 27 | 41 | 34 |
| 53 | ZZ | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Most helpful insights within this US Mental Health Summary Statistics Table:
state_vs_diagnostics_barchart(data)
Purpose: Mental health diagnostics is extremely important and useful for identifying which mental illness a patient could have. Although mental health diagnostics can also be provided in places that are not treatment facilities, it is very convenient if both the diagnosis and treatment can be provided in the same place. So knowing how many facilities provide mental health diagnostics would be very useful for people to know.
Important Observations: 1. The state with the most amount of facilities that provides mental health diagnostics is California, with 788 facilities. 2. The state with the least amount of facilities that provides mental health diagnostics is North Dakota, with 32 facilities. 3. Most of the states have below 400 facilities that provides mental health diagnostics.
summary_data <- read.csv("Data/mental_health_summary_table.csv")
sign_language_data(summary_data)
Purpose: The purpose of this chart is that we wanted to find out how many institutions per state had sign language as part of their service. There are a lot of victims of mental illness that are deaf/hard of hearing. Some of their mental health issues could have also stemmed from the fact that they are deaf/hard of hearing. So knowing how many institutions provides sign language would be very helpful for people that needs it to communicate.
Important Observations: 1. The state that provides the most institutions with sign language is California, with 439 institutions. 2. The state with the least amount of institutions that provides sign language is Wyoming at only 16 institutions. 3. Most states have between 20 - 250 institutions that provide sign language.
render_third_chart(data)
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Purpose: Knowing how many facilities actually responded to the survey is good to know because it gives a good general sense of which facilities are transparent in the information they give out and shows which facilities are underreporting what services they provide. Knowing this information can also help give potential patients a sense of trust and help them decide which state they would want to go to for treatment based on the services the facilities say they provide.
Important Observations: 1. California and New York are the states that gave the most responses, at over 800 responses. 2. The inner part of the United States seem to have the least amount of responses, while the outside of the United States seem to have more responses.